Skywatcher Star Adventurer - First Light, First Impressions, Southern Sky Polar Alignment

Which camera is that and how connected to the PST? I would love to do some imaging with mine.

" It comes with instructions; nobody reads the instructions. throws " - literally made me laugh out loud. Big thanks for another interesting vid Dylan!

Hello Dylan, compliments on your Channel, which I love to watch from allmost the other side of the world (The Netherlands). Question: the SW Adventurer can be used for timelapse photography as well, is it not? You might consider making a part II review on that functionality as well. If so I would appreciate it a lot. Best regards, clear skies, Peter.

Like the "elevator" music :) :P I use my Star Adventurer on a Promaster 535 tripod, so it's pretty solid. But I've been thinking of getting a tripod off a small eq mount to make it even more beefy.

can you add the stellarium to this star tracker or not, thanks.

Dylan O'Donnell, Can you zoom into ISS (International Space Station) and upload a full video? Liked + Subs

try reading the instructions before you review something. thanks for wasting my time.

You say ridged, what you mean in knurled.

Aaaand.... subscribed.


You got me with your tiny backyard observatory, I will build my own, is one of my dreams!!


Getting the Star Adventurer soon!!!

I've recently found your channel Dylan and I think you're hilarious. The intro to this vid was what made me sign in, like and subscribe. Thanks mate. Sharing is caring. lol Appreciate it.

Great review Dylon. We are looking for a camera tracker. The reviews are all positive. But how many seconds is it capable of tracking?
I plan to use 14mm. 50mm and 300mm lenses on a canon 760d, Crop sensor.
many thanks from sunny Poland 👍

@Dylan O'Donnell

Nice video! What a huge moun... o, wait.

You are showing photo's saying 10 x 30s stacked. Did you allso add lights and darks in the stackingprocess?

Thanks!!

I have just got one a few weeks ago and getting it polar aligned is very hard where I am be cause I cant see the south pole ,their is a big building in the way ,I currently use a compass to line it up ,this is abit hit and miss any one know of a better more accurate way .

Hi, can you still do the polar alignment with the declination bracket on it? But the polar scope isnt illuminated then?

First 10 seconds...LMFAO

If you attach a ball head on top and then place a camera or telescope on top of that, it would be easier to point at your intended target.

I have one of these, and haven't had much time to use it yet, but yes, get rid of any tripod head and get it right on the tripod and it's pretty stable.

Love your channel !

Hi Dylan. Jut unboxed my SA from Bintel. How do you actually engage the motor
? I have batteries, turn to 12x tracking, the leds come on, but when I hit the arrow buttons nothing happens. Is there a switch I've missed? I've tried tightening/loosening the clutch... I even read the manual .. but so far nada... what am missing?

This Pope is not Catholic so you can’t use that analogy for now.

Why would you need guiding in RA at such a wide FOV?

Does anyone make a way to connect like a 200mm canon zoom to a Astro camera and have a focus adjustment in between, so you don’t have to depend on manually focusing the lens. Thx

This is great Dylan! I'm getting one for my travel set up. QQ, whats the easy listening Piano music on your video please?

You are a bad man , after your review I just went and bought one , can’t afford it but what the hell ? Will be using either my Tamron 150/600 or a cheap arse 650/1200 with a Sony a99 . Has to be at least 10 years since I have done any so a steep learning curve coming up . Am lucky living in Cairns only need to go about 60k to get almost dark, out to the gulf country for proper dark but that is only a 4 hour drive . I like it when I am at least 80k from the nearest light pollution

As of Feb 12, 2020, in the Show More section below the video, the first link to the "Skywatcher Star Adventurer Bundle" is broken, displaying a Page Cannot Be Found error.

Hey Dylan, love your channel. Which sky guider app were you using to do the polar aligning?

what was the name of the app you used to show the earths rotation?

Did you install the "Advanced" firmware? Perhaps it was pre-installed being a new 2019 white one. This lets you use the Star-Adventurer as an interval timer remote release for the camera.

The clock is pretty good and doesn't warrant purchasing a guider unless you are making very long exposures. But if you already have a spare one, why not. Intended use seems to be camera and lens. Some long lenses especially on a crop sensor can be as long a focal length as a small telescope. For example the 50-500 APO Bigma on a M4/3 becomes like 1000mm, at F/6.3. Good with a short fast lens for wide sky too.

The german mount can take some getting used to, you don't need a ball head unless you must have the camera sitting upright.

@Dylan O'Donnell sorry you don't list the app you use for your southern alignment? Skyguider??

ive been eyeing one of these for a while now. it's crazy that almost a year later and it's gone up almost $200.00 on the bintel site

Love that PST too!

right! but you left out the most important thing, how to connect to the mount with your tablet/phone??? so this video is basically useless.

Knurled not Ridged, just saying.

Didn't read the manual eh! Doh. There is a clutch and you should remove the video head from the troops... but you didn't read the manual.... i didn't finish your video.

Hi I have star watcher mini,do you think the Nikon coolpix p1000 would work with this gear.

a year later and its gone from $499 to $699 aud

Just learnt about the fast forward function on the sky guide app - thx Dylan lol 👍

Have have you tried guiding with PHD2 and EQ MAC on a Macbook? I'm still trying to work out the settings.

hah, I've been taking the rod off to put the counterweight on, rather than removing the retention bolt. didn't realize it unscrewed.

Just put the counterweight on from the other side before attaching the bar, so you dont have to fiddle around with the screw.

Lol, you probably should have read the manual after all lol, as there is indeed a clutch on the RA, it’s the big black ring with fins lol

You should be able to remove the tripod tilt/pan head, and mount the tracker directly to the tripod, with much greater stability.

Nice, is it time to do an upgraded version with WiFi?

Bruh that dirty screen lol

why didnt you use the polar scope?

THANKYOU...

Hey Dylan, what power bank would be able to power the 2i for an entire night?

CORRECTION - The Star Adventurer does have a ring clutch to tighten the rig, I didn't even need it and I clearly didn't read the instructions .. thanks to all for pointing this out :)